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From a small beginning in 1949, when several cooperative community fly control insecticidal projects were operated in Oklahoma, a comprehensive over-all plan of promotion and operations has been developed. In the conception of a plan for State-wide development of these activities, promotional policies have been based upon a realistic acceptance of public interest in the spectacular nature of insecticidal control. This interest has been deliberately fostered as a direct means of focusing attention on community and individual premises environmental conditions. Spot maps indicating number of fly attractants and breeding sources found in reconnaissance sanitary surveys have been effectively used in promotion of premises sanitation and improvements in garbage collection and disposal.

Salmonella has been known to be associated with food poisoning since shortly after Salmon and Smith (1885) first described a member of the group. Early workers attempted to classify the Salmonella into the following three groups (5) according to path...

During the summer of 1948, a survey made by the Washington State Department of Health revealed that the rat population in Spokane had increased to a point w here it could become a health menace. This information gained added importance when plague wa...

The use of the complement fixation reaction in the diagnosis of disease was first introduced by Bordet and Gengou in 1901. With serum s from individuals suspected of having typhoid fever, combined with typhoid antigens, they were able to demonstrate ...

There is a rapid awakening throughout the United States to a need for adequate reporting of communicable diseases in animals, particularly those diseases which may be transmitted to man. Several States now have system s for reporting and are working ...

The dual objectives of the morbidity reporting system, (1) immediate recognition of communicable disease as it occurs in the population and, (2) compilation of data for administrative planning and epidemiological analysis, although w ell known, often...

Never has health education been more important than it is today. Improved health of the general public, will be the result when each individual is sufficiently motivated to take the action necessary to retain or to acquire good health. Health educati...

The position of public health engineer is a continuation and expansion of that of the sanitary engineer who has mainly been concerned with water supply and liquid waste disposal problem s. In addition to these, the public health engineer is concerned...

The use of the complement fixation reaction in the diagnosis of disease was first introduced by Bordet and Gengou in 1901. With serum s from individuals suspected of having typhoid fever, combined with typhoid antigens, they were able to demonstrate ...